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14<br />

175 Years of Bertelsmann<br />

1950 – 1980<br />

1950 – 1980<br />

Founded on June 1, 1950: “Lesering –<br />

das Bertelsmann Buch”<br />

To mark Bertelsmann’s 125 th anniversary in 1960,<br />

Wilhelmstrasse in Gütersloh was renamed<br />

“Carl-Bertelsmann-Strasse”<br />

1958 – Reinhard Mohn, Johannes Thordsen(mail-order bookseller<br />

from Hamburg) and Herbert Multhaupt (head of technology) admire<br />

the fi rst record made by Sonopress<br />

“Stern” magazine cover, 1969<br />

Th e dawning of a new era at Bertelsmann: Th e success of the Lesering allowed Reinhard Mohn to undertake business initiatives<br />

in the areas of member services, music, mailing-list marketing, engineering, logistics and much more. Th is growth paved the way<br />

for subsequent internationalization, diversifi cation into other media sectors, such as acquiring a stake in the Hamburg-based<br />

publishing company Gruner + Jahr and fi nally the founding of Bertelsmann AG.<br />

Bertelsmann Annual Report 2009

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